The New American Immigrants

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1. Which was NOT a reason why native-born Americans encouraged Americanization? * Select the best answer

• A. Native-born Americans wanted to assimilate people from other cultures into the dominant culture
• B. Native-born Americans wanted the immigrants to practice their customs
• C. Native-born Americans wanted to teach new immigrants skills needed for citizenship
• D. Native-born Americans wanted to teach new immigrants cooking skills

2. What were cities most like for the new immigrants coming to America? * Select the best answer

• A. Clean and welcoming
• B. Healthy, with clean water
• C. Immigrants would most likely have had to dodge horse manure
• D. Plenty of single-family homes

3. What would best describe the cities to a new immigrant? * Select the best answer

• A. Pickpockets and thieves were plenty
• B. Plenty of police harassing new immigrants
• C. All the clean water was dedicated to fighting fires
• D. Running water and plumbing worked 60% of the time

4. Why did immigrants move to the cities in the first place? * Select the best answer

• A. Plenty of work in the factories
• B. Cheap housing
• C. Plenty of room in tenements
• D. A & B only

5. People moved from the farms to the cities because? * Select the best answer

• A. Less segregation and discrimination in the cities
• B. Farming technology improved
• C. Wood plows were being made in the cities
• D. None of the above

Labor Unions Emerge PG. 67

Essential Questions:

1.) In its entirety, labor unions were(good or bad) & why?
Based upon what I have read, labor unions were good because they fought for what they believed was right. Labor unions were to help workers get what they deserve, they worked in unsafe working conditions, they were underpaid, child labor, and more.

2.)Describe the sweatshop & how 146 women died in a fire, & how it could have been prevented.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a sweatshop in which 146 women died. These women died because all but 1 exit was locked. The 1 exit door that was open was blocked off by fire. Some women rather jumped out of the 9th story building instead of wanting to burn in the fire. If there was a sprinkler system inside the building, as well as giving a key to some of the workers to unlock exit doors, these women could have lived.

3.) What is a scab? Why would unionized workers not like scabs?
Monopolists did not want unions because they wanted more money to themselves, paying workers less and making more money for themselves. A scab is a person who takes over a striker/labor unioners job as a replacement for less pay. Union members would not like scabs most likely because scabs do not help the labor unions, rather they are helping the factory owners. The objective of labor unions are to better the benefits of the workers to become more fair.

4.)Describe the type of people who formed the IWW union. What does IWW mean?
Many factory and sweatshop owners disliked the vision of unions like the IWW because the IWW welcomed African Americans. They were a group of radicals and Socialists. IWW stands for "Industrial Workers of the World."

Hopelessly Bound To The Stake

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1.)What were 3 pieces of information you chose? Why did you choose them?       

"Laborers were forced to work 14 to 16 hour work days in order to fulfill their quota, they worked in unsafe conditions, and they were paid $400-$500 a year, while living costs estimated $800 a year."

"While the workers wages went down, the prices for living remained the same and the laborers were inevitably bound to their company through debt."

"As his fortune grew, the poor were stuck in a rut. As a consequence to this unfair treatment, workers began organizing labor unions."

The first quote represents the hard unfair working and living conditions laborers had to deal with especially with the low pay they had which couldn't support them at all. They were just put into more debt. The second quote shows the misfortune of these laborers as they were accumilating debt which debted their lives to the company because they were underpaid and paid even less. The third quote explains the workers reason for starting laborer unions. As the employer/business owner made more money, the poor were still poor, the rich grew richer, causing laborers to form labor unions.

2.)Were labor unions necessary? Why?
I believe labor unions were necessary for today, if it weren't for the labor unions back then, the people of today would be in the situation they were in a century ago. It was also appropriate because it was unfair the laborers had to be treated and paid what they were.

3.)Did the government make monopolies? How?

                                                                                                      

Are The Old Bosses Still In Charge?

The setting of this cartoon is the Senate. The Senate is composed of senators, they are part of the legislature and make laws. The only open door is for the Monopolists, People are not allowed in seeing that the door for 'people' is closed. I do not think it is right that only the monopolists get to be inside the Senate and determine who gets elected and what ever else goes on inside. It secrets the public from knowing the truth. The large men in the rear of the room are Monopolists or, special interest groups. These large men are here to influence Senators on their way of business, weakening laws so they can't intervene with business.

Rise Of Industry and Monopolies